Don’t stop until you stop

@onehundrethidiot Well done. A mate of mine did something similar a couple of years back for one of my neighbours. She made a recovery and is up and about like before. Good job that Pete stepped in and did his bit rather than ponder.

As for some of the other comments…  just confirms my suspicions.

Well done!

@Superficial A small minority of otherwise healthy people won’t want resuscitation but you can leave that up to the hospital staff who can access records and speak to family. Without medical training and a bit of information you simply can’t make that decision.

This.

The vast majority of people want to be saved. You jump in and give people all the care you can. Paramedics and hospital staff can verify if someone has DNACPR record. But the odds of coming across someone with that wandering around are very low.

Absolutely well done Onehundrethidiot you did well and certainly the right thing. Hopefully you’ve given someone another chance or even a chance for the family to say goodbye. The sooner CPR is started the more likely of survival and the less likely they’ll be damage.

Weird response from Edukator leave the decision to stop to the professionals unless you have DNR tattooed on your forehead.

I don’t think for a minute that Edukator was suggesting that the guy shouldn’t have been helped, seemed to me that he was highlighting the fact that for some the outcome is not always great.

he was highlighting the fact that for some the outcome is not always great.

And why the need to point that out? Was there anyone who suggested that the outcome in these situations is always great?

The 100th idiot shared with us how he dealt with a close to death crisis in which quick reactions were of utmost importance, he doesn’t even know if the poor guy survived.

Why post something reminding everyone that if the person does indeed survive they might have a miserable existence?

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I don’t think for a minute that Edukator was suggesting that the guy shouldn’t have been helped,

indeed. Tin eared obv, given the OP’s recent experience, which I’ve not had  mercifully but would find traumatic and remember lifelong , but I like to see different takes and not all drowned in dreary “rule 1” groupthink.

Also, it lead me to read the BMJ Heart editorial/commentary piece. I’d always been cynical about defibrillators, on account of just being really cynical, until I actually saw the evidence that they really do very significantly save lives and quality of life. But the editorial highlights that amateurs using them have a higher chance of success (defined as the person being discharged from hospital) than professionals.

This clearly isn’t because they’re better at it, it’s because they’re on the scene and can act without delay before the professionals get there. Similar to the excellent actions of the OP. Ah bollocks now I’m joining in…

Why post something reminding everyone that if the person does indeed survive they might have a miserable existence?

Because despite someone’s best intentions there’s not always a happy ending?

FWIW I would have done the same as the OP. The first aid courses I’ve attended have always had the same maxim, do something.

hope someone would have a go for me too.

Because despite someone’s best intentions there’s not always a happy ending?

I am 100% certain no one doubts that.  The question was why bring up on this thread?

Why the need to talk about “mixed feelings” and to suggest that the OP might have done the poor guy a disservice?

It really wasn’t necessary.

It really wasn’t necessary.

That covers most of the discussions on the internet including the direction you’ve taken this one.

I’m fairly sure it wasn’t me that took it in that direction.